Modi is an OBC, says Gujarat government

May 09, 2014 00:38

Responding to Congress charge that Narendra Modi was a "fake" OBC, Gujarat government on Thursday cited its two-decade old notification which says the Modh-Ghanchi (oil-pressers) caste, to which Modi belongs, was included in Other Backward Castes (OBCs) category.

"The Social Welfare Department of the Gujarat Government had passed a notification on July 25, 1994 which included 36 castes as OBCs and at number 25 (b) Modh-Ghanchi caste has been mentioned to which Narendra Modi belongs.

The caste has been included amongst OBCs," Nitin Patel, the state government's spokesperson, said.

Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil said earlier in Delhi on Thursday that Modi was "a fake OBC".

Patel pointed out that the notification was issued way back in 1994 when Congress was in power in the state.

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